Mentality behind a beat

When you've had a beat, do you just want sympathy or do you want someone to analyse the hand to point out your or your opponents mistakes to make you a better player?

Does it depend on the time-scale after the beat?

Well for me it depends on the size of the beat - If its a medium/small cash pot or a medim small tourney, I'm over it str8 away, and dont want much.

If its a massive cash pot or deep in something fat, then for about 5 mins after the beat i want someone to put a brick through oppo's comp, for the next 30 mins I want someone to agree with me that oppo was being a smackhead and then after that I'm more interested in my side of the hand, and what I could of done differently.

Hmm good question, I'm the opposite to Rick here...

In a good size cash pot or deep in a good value tourney, a lot of the time the decision is not only made on my holding; but many factors of payouts, oppo & path to a FT. This can be almost impossible for others to take into consideration in there analysis of my actions.

You tend to find most beats come from cheaper games on the whole, for the simple reason that your thinking beyond the capability of your oppo, well all know the type can't fold AQo and river spikes 4 to the flush or straight or like last night a guy called me getting the money in on the flop with KJ v 88 on a 38J flop 3 turn then a J riv to over house me, don't feel anyone's input would change my action to be honest, and forgot even before riv fell.

The hands which are more of weak play by me, where I've fallen in-love with a hand for the right reasons (v overs or rags) or way off the mark getting bent with KK on a A flop, I will look at with fresh eye's the next day but rare I feel the need to have others call me a TWATARD as would have worked that out myself.

Beats are part of everyday life, if they wern't it would be a con and a fixed game.